brockettbrews
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wanted to know how many quarts i should get??? I plan on making 5 gallon batches.
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brockettbrews said:
Are you making or buying the mash tun?
I use the round 10 gallon Rubbermaid water cooler. It works great for my batch sparging. So far I have not has a grain bill that fills it much more than half way. It also holds temperature to 2 degrees over an hour.
10 gallon cooler will be plenty big for 90% of the recipes out there for 5 gallon batches.
Your tun needs to hold: ~1.4qts per pound of grain and figure the grain displaces .08 gallons per pound. Thats about 1.72qts per pound in displacement. A 10 gallon tun could do about a 17 pound grain bill to the tippy top.You could cut back to about 1.25 qts per pound if your grain bill gets big like that.
Your tun needs to hold: ~1.4qts per pound of grain and figure the grain displaces .08 gallons per pound. Thats about 1.72qts per pound in displacement. A 10 gallon tun could do about a 17 pound grain bill to the tippy top.You could cut back to about 1.25 qts per pound if your grain bill gets big like that.
brockettbrews
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I plan on making it myself out of a cooler. I was looking at a 46 quart cooler. so that should be big enough. please give my suggestions on how to make it. I was going to use the braided hose to a plastic hose.
There are two options. This is the best source for building your own - it is incredibly easy:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
In additiom. most of the online retailers will sell a conversion kit. I did the first one and it was about 20 minutes start to finish. If you go the DIY route make sure you get a stainless steel braid. I believe Home Depot sells plastic ones that look like stainless.
Good luck
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
In additiom. most of the online retailers will sell a conversion kit. I did the first one and it was about 20 minutes start to finish. If you go the DIY route make sure you get a stainless steel braid. I believe Home Depot sells plastic ones that look like stainless.
Good luck
brockettbrews
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ok going to walmart get a cooler than a local hardware store.
brockettbrews
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check my other post mash tun nightmare. you will get a good laugh!!!
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